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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. As the first generation born into an established Internet, with a smartphone at hand from a young age, Gen Z’ers place a high value on self expression. Gen Z and the 1% rule. The 1% rule is now changing with Gen Z.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Read More ยป.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1. What are the implications for other late-stage private companies thinking of making the transition to public markets in the near to midterm future? Active Network – 2.4x So now what? Zynga – 8x+ trailing revenue.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

And thanks to the radical transparency enabled by the internet, the quality of these proposals is actually constantly rising, to the point that it’s almost impossible to judge the quality of the final product – because all the proposals look polished and professional, even the terrible ones. Though technology tools and Web 2.0

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

View from Seed

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. We want to do more! leehower | LinkedIn.

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

View from Seed

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. We want to do more! leehower | LinkedIn.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Along with company presentations and ample networking opportunities, Dan Caruso, CEO of Zayo Group, will give this winterโ€™s keynote address. As an active member of the telecommunications and Internet community, Caruso will address the attendees about the virtues of starting a company in the Rocky Mountains. .